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<p>[QUOTE="DJsMom, post: 1715562, member: 33222"]<font face="comic sans ms"><font size="3"><span style="color: #800080"></span></font></font></p><p><font face="comic sans ms"><font size="3"><span style="color: #800080"><br /></span></font></font></p><p><font face="comic sans ms"><font size="3"><span style="color: #800080">I think one of the reasons the coin grading services have done so well and that graded coins are so much more expensive than raw ones is that so many people have been burned by unscrupulous people selling misrepresented raw coins, especially on eBay. I find myself reluctantly spending the extra $$ for a certified coin (the few times there was a coin I just had to have and had the $$). If I have time on my hands and am really bored, I'll go scoping out Sellers on eBay. It doesn't take long to spot the obvious "tells". About a week ago I found some really lame Seller who was buying mostly Walkers and reselling them from the same account. Nothing dishonest there except for his either laziness or stupidity....he was also buying MS70 from the same account.</span></font></font><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DJsMom, post: 1715562, member: 33222"][FONT=comic sans ms][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080] I think one of the reasons the coin grading services have done so well and that graded coins are so much more expensive than raw ones is that so many people have been burned by unscrupulous people selling misrepresented raw coins, especially on eBay. I find myself reluctantly spending the extra $$ for a certified coin (the few times there was a coin I just had to have and had the $$). If I have time on my hands and am really bored, I'll go scoping out Sellers on eBay. It doesn't take long to spot the obvious "tells". About a week ago I found some really lame Seller who was buying mostly Walkers and reselling them from the same account. Nothing dishonest there except for his either laziness or stupidity....he was also buying MS70 from the same account.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]:rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
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